Am I committed to liveblogging the entire run of The Crucible?

102 more performances? Richard Armitage & Co. will do this 102 more times, but will Servetus?

Om, no. For a few reasons — one is that it’s basically six hours shot in the middle of the day (and the matinees will double that). Right now, I’m supposed to be straightening out the situation with my dad’s house, which involves a lot of errand running. And bye and bye, I will have a job, and I hope one that allows me to work during the day, as I prefer to write in the evenings. On the whole, I just don’t like being tied to my computer if I have something I’d rather do. The site is called “me + richard armitage” and if I liveblog every day, the other things that are going on in my life will fall by the wayside. The Crucible is really important for Richard Armitage, but there are other things I’d like to write about him, too, and I don’t want to wait until mid-September to work on that project.

That doesn’t mean I won’t be looking — I definitely will! — and as per my usual MO, I’ll post anything here that tickles my fantasy or moves me. Highlights will appear regularly. I’ll definitely be around for press night and anything else that seems noteworthy (August 22nd?).

I really appreciate all the kind words about the posting I’ve been doing — commentators are, as always, great. I just wouldn’t want anyone to rely on me for a complete documentation that I have no capacity to provide. There is at least one site that is trying to link to everything and here’s another that is reblogging a lot of stuff. I don’t know how long this will last, because another reason I’m not going to do this every day is because the adrenaline jolt is tiring. I assume that sites will vary over time in their coverage of stuff, and if I notice a new site, I’ll let you know because I’ll be following it, too. This is why I’ve been posting tips for how to find your own information if you want to watch in real time. If you want a more detailed tutorial, let me know and I will try to put one together. I wrote a basic one, a while back, which you can find here. For anything suggested there, you should widen the search terms from “richard armitage” to “the crucible” as well.

~ by Servetus on June 24, 2014.